| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 297 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life science ; vol. 14 |
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Studies of nonlinear phenomena in life sciences ; v. 14.
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| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 When Time Slows Down: Subjective Duration; Chapter 2 The Fractal Structure of the Now: Time's Length, Depth and Density; Chapter 3 Fractal Temporal Perspectives: Corrective Distortions; Chapter 4 The View from Within: Extended Boundaries; Chapter 5 Contextualization: Embedded Observer-Participants; Chapter 6 Temporal Binding: Synchronizing Perceptions; Chapter 7 Nesting vs Global and Local Perspectives; Chapter 8 Duration: Distributing Content and Context; Chapter 9 Modifying Duration I: Nesting and De-Nesting |
| Summary |
This book provides an interdisciplinary introduction to the notion of fractal time, starting from scratch with a philosophical and perceptual puzzle. How subjective duration varies, depending on the way we embed current content into contexts, is explained. The complexity of our temporal perspective depends on the number of nestings performed, i.e. on the number of contexts taken into account. This temporal contextualization is described against the background of the notion of fractal time. Our temporal interface, the Now, is portrayed as a fractal structure which arises from the distribution o |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Time perception.
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Space and time.
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Time Perception
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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Space and time
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Time perception
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789814295987 |
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9814295981 |
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